By Tenses, Subjunctives

Subjunctive.to be:Present affirmative:I be / you be / he, she, it be / we be / you be / they bePresent negative:I not be / you not be / he, she, it not be / we not be / you not be / they not be Past affirmative (negative):I were (not) / you were (not) / he, she, it were (not) / we were (not) /...

>"If I had more time, I could have traveled the world" or " If I were you, I would buy a house."The first should be changed to:"If I had more time, I could travel the world" to be used in present time. It also must be changed to:"If I had had more time, I...

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

Hi guys, I'm not sure I get the point. If the facts are that one thing happened in the simple past and two things both happened in the same time frame which was prior to that, why would we want to change those facts by altering the tenses out of respect to preference or frequency of...

It is a characteristic of British English, and of American English to a lesser extent, and especially in older forms of the language on both sides of the Atlantic, to substitute shall and should for will and would with a first-person subject.Hence, this substitution in mind, the sentence is...

I was concentrating on the choice between were and was (subjunctive vs. indicative), and I neglected to address the choice between was/were and is (past vs. present). You're referring to the use of past throughout once the main clause introduces the past tense. Hmmm. Defend it? That's...

was or were In the ordinary past tense of the verb to be, was is the first and third person singular: I was late and were is the second person singular and the plural: You were right. It is not acceptable in standard English to use were for the first and third person singular: I were late,...

Many thanks for the response, but I'm not sure how it can be correct - and this is almost entirely my fault for not setting out an example well enough. In the coffin quotation, I believe that it can't simply be a subjunctive mood form because, by inserting 'we thought' into it,...

Brainflash...could this be an example of the , but...I think the Imp-Sub classification seems to fit wel, no? Then again, I could be going down completely the wrong track. All help appreciated.

Brainflash...could this be an example of the , but...I think the Imp-Sub classification seems to fit wel, no? Then again, I could be going down completely the wrong track. All help appreciated.